Like in Split/Second, we also have to deal with a studio which does not feel the lack of experience in mater of arcade racing, Bizzare Creations. The same brand signs for the Project Gotham Racing series, exclusive for consoles but extremely appreciated for the spectacular gameplay, based on all kinds of stunts. Blur goes along approximately on the same line, but using power ups to eliminate opponents along the track. But unlike Split/Second, Blur takes it more serious all that means races along the Carrier mode, but especially on the online multiplayer side.


Somehow similar with Need for Speed, the single player campaign is organized based on some messages you receive through a fictional social network, each opponent having special requirements you have to meet. The nine chapters correspond to the nine aces of the tracks which you have to challenge in a one on one race after you have met all the requirements, the winner receiving as main reward the opponent’s car. The narration stops here, the story teller from the cinematic sequences is offering just a few details about the opponents in that episode and how aggressive the opponents will be.

Just like in Split/Second (the comparison is inevitable); the mail goal is to win the races or at least to end up on the podium with the help of your virtual driving skills and also with the help of the power ups you find on the track. These come in different shapes and with different effects: laser weapons, guided bombs, nitro for increasing the speed, mines of electricity webs which slow you down; the defensive part comes with a shield which makes you immune to any attack for a short time, and the cars can be repaired with the specific power, because there is a damage mode also.

For each won race there is a double system of level-up based on lights and fans. The lights are won both depending on the occupied place on the podium but also for meeting different requirements of the opponent or the fans. The fans are gathering through a spectacular race and by eliminating opponents in different ways, from the simple push in the water to using a bomb while activating nitro and drift at the same time.

Another secondary objective is passing through a series of 12 gates, which ensure at the end additional lights and lots of fans. These gates are activated when taking along the track the gate power up; the same fans can have special requirements in some races, like reaching 178 miles per hour, to hit an opponent with bolts or to push it from a bridge using Nitro.

So you won’t work for nothing, more fans means more access to new cars, in the single player campaign the maximum level is limited to 25 ( in multiplayer goes up to 50). The lights are absolutely necessary to unlock opponents in single player; the maximum for an episode is 50. Blur is so a more complicated game than other similar titles, asking from the player for a pretty advanced multitasking: ranking on the podium, eliminating opponents, spectacular driving, meeting the fans and gathering lights.